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Britain's High Court has ruled that Prince Harry was the victim of ‘Extensive’ phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mirror tabloid.

The court found the newspaper's executives, managers, and lawyers were aware of the illegal activities, and these activities continued for over a decade.

[angelholme]

Fuck a doodle do.

In a statement, Prince Harry said the ruling was "vindicating and affirming" and took aim at senior executives and editors including Piers Morgan - who was in charge at the Daily Mirror from 1995 to 2004.

Judge Mr Justice Fancourt found Morgan knew about phone hacking at the paper.

He said the Duke's phone was probably only hacked to a modest extent and was "carefully controlled by certain people" from the end of 2003 to April 2009.

Jesus -- this is.... unbelievable.

When asked what he thought the way forward was, he said to scrap the current press regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation, which he likened to a "poodle".

"You have to get independent regulation as Leveson called for, which we haven't got because, there's a self regulator poodle, not a watchdog," he said. 

"You also need to have the Leveson Inquiry restarted or completed... which the government cancelled at the request of those being investigated."

The Tory government should hang its head in shame. I mean -- it won't, but seriously -- this is appalling.

The government has failed to find the courage to hold the press accountable, a media lawyer has said.

Jonathan Coad said that despite Prince Harry's victory, only politicians can bring about real change.

However, it has never ensured the press regulated itself according to the principles set out in the Leveson Inquiry, he said.

"If you're going to be accountable, someone has got to have the courage to hold you accountable," he told Sky News. 

"Harry has fought the battle and said it needs to change, but it is only going to change if politicians have the courage to take on Fleet Street.

"At the moment, they have shown a complete lack of intention of doing so.

What was the Leveson Inquiry and why is it relevant?

In 2011, Judge Sir Brian Leveson led a public inquiry after it was revealed News Of The World journalists had hacked the phone of murdered school girl Milly Dowler.

Initially intended to be carried out in two sections, the first part of the inquiry looked at the culture, practices and ethics of the press. It involved celebrities including Hugh Grant, Sienna Miller, Steve Coogan and Charlotte Church.

Part two of the Leveson Inquiry was meant to investigate the relationship between journalists and the police, but never took place. There have since been calls to re-open it.

[tyanis]

Poll: Which male Resident Evil character is most likely to get trapped in a house of mirrors?

As their adventure at the fairgrounds continues, the gang checks out a large funhouse and finds a house of mirrors inside.

While most of them are able to successfully navigate the mirror maze... there's a chance that one of them might have gotten left behind...

"Winner" goes on to face the "winner" of the female poll so make sure to vote in both!

[luobingmeis]

i am suddenly thinking a lot about jiang cheng and jiang fengmian, specifically in how jiang fengmian—while not being outright cruel to jiang cheng—gives us no reason to believe that he is proud of or pleased with jiang cheng due to jiang cheng’s 1) penchant of maintaining a certain status quo/refusal to take risks and 2) the similarities of his personality to yu ziyuan. and yet, the time we see jiang cheng put himself in the danger, take a risk, defy yu ziyuan, is when he is putting himself in yu ziyuan’s own line of fire to protect wei wuxian from zidian, all while the wens are there and the threat they pose is dangerously tangible. and jiang fengmian is not even there to see it, let alone live long enough to hear of the events.

no clown activities (pro/anti character discourse) allowed on this post

[ingek73]

Go Omid!!!!

[jichulichu]

project moon au with @fluffernauto and @cupidzkiller, hiii

[blueiskewl]

A George II carved giltwood and gilt gesso pier mirror, circa 1730

The bevelled rectangular plate within a foliate and strap-work border against a punched ground, surmounted by a cartouche within a broken pediment, with a shaped apron centered by a stylized shell cresting between two gilt lacquered brass candle arms, re-gilt.

132.5cm. high, 78.5cm. wide; 4ft. 4¼in, 2ft. 7in.

[curatorsday]

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

I got out the 8’ ladder today to measure our two pier mirrors. We’ll be moving them from the Bank Gallery to the Barn Gallery (at the opposite end of the museum) this June for a new exhibit and I need to make sure they’ll fit.

[ostrichmonkey]

sometimes writing is spending ten minutes furiously googling for the name of a specific piece of furniture, finding it, and then using it once in a completely throwaway line 😌

[sleepy-bunbun-ace]

more of a willing puppet through the mirror au just because

emmet has a gaggle of teens and preteens that follows them when they visit their respective regions.

the first four are our main kids from alola. the events of sm/usum just passed and everything is hectic for them. hau and moone are the first ever co-champions of the newly formed alola league and need to figure out a lot of things since there's a lot of politics that go on. at least they have professor kukui's help. lillie and gladion are trying to live life without their mother and father seeing as their mother has been arrested and their dad doesn't remember them. lillie took over as the president of aether paradise and gladion works as her assistant. wicke tries to get them to rest but they won't.

it's hard for all of them to start recovering from their trauma. i mean, it's trauma you wouldn't expect young trainers to have. although the events from the past years say otherwise.

when emmet lands in alola and they see those kids going through it, they're immediately making sure they get the proper rest and care they need. the adults in the kids lives appreciate their help. it's surprisingly easy to distract them from work and give them some type of therapy by disguising it as infodumping about trains.

the other kid is newly appointed gym leader marnie. she became the gym leader after her brother piers fell through a space-time distortion after she beat him in battle. it's hard trying to keep both spikemuth and the gym afloat while dealing with survivor's guilt. by the time emmet meets her, it's been a few months and she's not doing great.

emmet relates to her on a personal level since their situations are alike. it's harder for them to help her but they get past those hurdles and help her get on the tracks to recovery. they often talk about the guilt they feel for not doing more. emmet offers advice (not without any train analogies, of course) and marnie helps them come up with battle strategies. they both make a very scary team when they battle together.

the group subconsciously pick up on emmet's habits whether it be his posing, his verbal or physical stims, or any of his famous conductor's speak. it's fun to see them get embarrassed when someone points it out. they decided to make their own coordinated poses whenever they battle with them.

found family all around!

[milfbro]

I had tonight what i can only describe as an architectural dream?

[redhcrb]

– THERE’S A REASON YOU BEHAVED IN THAT, WAY !!                   piers nivans as featured on #fairyrites ( rules + bio )

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Miss Mayhem - art by Keith Parkinson for a Xanth calendar

[ingek73]

Prince Harry settles rest of Mirror Group phone-hacking claim

Duke of Sussex criticises Piers Morgan’s ‘continued attacks’ as publisher agrees to pay damages and costs

Prince Harry has called for the authorities to take action and criticised Piers Morgan after settling the remaining parts of his phone-hacking claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, arguing that the former editor knew “perfectly well what was going on”.

In December the Duke of Sussex won a substantial part of his case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), with a high court judge awarding him £140,600 in damages after ruling that Harry’s phone was hacked “to a modest extent” from the end of 2003 to April 2009.

After a high-profile trial – in which Harry became the first senior royal in more than 130 years to be cross-examined in a courtroom – the landmark ruling found there was “widespread and habitual” phone hacking by MGN from 2006 to 2011, “even to some extent” during the Leveson inquiry into media standards.

On Friday, Harry criticised Morgan’s “continued attacks” against him and called for action, pointing to the fact that Mr Justice Fancourt had ruled that Morgan, the Mirror’s editor between 1995 and 2004, and other senior executives knew about phone hacking.

In a statement after the judgment in December, Harry called upon the authorities – including the financial regulator, the Metropolitan police and the Crown Prosecution Service – to “investigate bringing charges against the company and those who have broken the law”.

Responding furiously at the time, Morgan denied he had been aware of phone hacking during his time as editor. In a statement read outside his home, he said Harry “wouldn’t know truth if it slapped him in his California-tanned face”, and he claimed Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, were trying to “destroy the British monarchy”.

Harry’s barrister David Sherborne read out a statement on his behalf on Friday, saying: “In light of this, we call again for the authorities to uphold the rule of law and to prove that no one is above it. That includes Mr Morgan, who as editor knew perfectly well what was going on, as the judge held.”

Harry said the Mirror’s publisher had realised “it simply could not call him [Morgan] as a witness of truth at the trial”, adding: “His contempt for the court’s ruling and his continued attacks ever since demonstrate why it was so important to obtain a clear and detailed judgment.”

Harry – who is also locked in legal battles with the publisher of the Sun, the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Home Office – said: “As I said back in December, our mission continues. I believe in the positive change it will bring for all of us. It is the very reason why I started this, and why I will continue to see it through to the end.”

Morgan responded later on X, writing: “I totally agree with Prince Harry that ruthless intrusion into the private lives of the royal family for financial gain is utterly reprehensible … and I hope he stops doing it.”

During a hearing in London on Friday, Sherborne said MGN would pay Harry “a substantial additional sum by way of damages” as well as his legal costs. He said the publisher would make an interim payment of £400,000.

An MGN spokesperson said: “We are pleased to have reached this agreement, which gives our business further clarity to move forward from events that took place many years ago and for which we have apologised.”

The publisher could now face a legal bill of millions after being ordered to pay legal costs related to more than 100 people, including Harry.

Harry and three others brought “representative” claims against the publisher but the trial last year also heard “generic” evidence about wider alleged wrongdoing at MGN.

In Friday’s ruling, the judge said the publisher should pay “generic” legal costs to the more than 100 people involved in the legal action.

The judge said: “On the generic issues, there can be little doubt that the claimants were successful […] In this unusual case, justice is only done by awarding the claimants their costs of the generic issues.”

Two of the cases heard alongside Harry’s – those of Nikki Sanderson, an actor, and Fiona Wightman, the ex-wife of the comedian Paul Whitehouse – were dismissed because they had been made too late, despite the judge finding that some of their complaints were proved. Michael Le Vell, who plays Kevin Webster in Coronation Street, was awarded £31,650 in damages.

The judge said Sanderson and Wightman should pay MGN the legal costs of defending their individual claims.

The final cost to MGN is yet to be finalised, but the high court previously heard that the group were seeking payment of £1,976,660 in legal costs.

Harry is now involved in three cases at the high court. These are:

A separate claim – made alongside Elton John and Doreen Lawrence – of unlawful information-gathering against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, with the next hearing expected in March this year.

A case alongside the actor Hugh Grant alleging unlawful information-gathering against News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the Sun and the now defunct News of the World, which is expected to go to trial in January 2025.

A claim against the Home Office regarding his security arrangements in the UK, with a ruling expected this year.